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Topic: Women With Epilepsy

JME and Pregnancy

01/2005 | 29 Comments

Hi,I have been diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy since the age of 15. Over the past 9 years the seizures have been controlled with fairly low...
Topamax and Pregnancy

12/2004 | 3 Comments

My daughter has been on Topamax (400ml daily) to control her seizures for 5 years. She is pregnant (9 weeks), has anyone gone thru a pregnancy while...
return of seizures

11/2004 | 7 Comments

I an a 48 y/o female that was diagnosed with JME at age 10. I've been off meds/seizure free for over 25 yrs. My med back then was phenobarbital. Last...
Lamictal and pregnancy

11/2004 | 4 Comments

Hello All-I was hoping that anyone out there who had taken Lamictal while pregnant and now have a child, say, over 24 months old might weigh in and...
Newly Diagnosed and Pregnancy

10/2004 | 5 Comments

Hi, my name is Crystal. I'm a 33 year old female recently diagnosed with epilepsy. I've had grand mal and complex partial seizures. I do have an aura...
New to the group

10/2004 | 18 Comments

Hi everyone, I was reading some of the posts and noticed that most are about seizures and pregnancy. Since this is a group for women, I have a...
Sex Drive

09/2004 | 63 Comments

Does anyone else have limited sexual interest due to their seizure disorder? I have just read that temporal lobe epilepsy can cause affect the sex...
epilepsy and menopause

09/2004 | 31 Comments

My epilepsy (always nocturnal) has been managed fairly well for over 30 years. I changed from phenobarbital to tegretol at about the time I started...
is this normal ladies?

08/2004 | 2 Comments

Hi! I have an embarrasing problem.Iam 26 hadsurgery in1992 and seize once a month..heres my problem...I am experiencing a sexual conflict.I have never...
AV Malformation??

07/2004 | 2 Comments

Hi,It's been a while since my last post, but some of you may remember that I'm pregnant. Well, since my sixth week of pregnancy, I've heard this...
Peri-menopause

05/2004 | 0 Comments

Hi,Is anyone else experiencing increase abscence seizures, euphoria and memory problems since entering peri-menopause? I also had my first hot flash...
epilepsy meds and breastfeeding

04/2004 | 7 Comments

We have all read it's safe, but how many *can*? Could you run a poll to see.....1) yes/nowere you able to breastfeed?2) yes/nodid you have supply...

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